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    How to explain chicken sex to young children

    My 6 year grandson comes often to visit us. He loves chickens, feeding them and gathering eggs. I just dread the situation if he sees rooster mating a hen. I really don’t know what I should tell him. Any advice is appreciated. thanks
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    First egg by our Australorp

    The other day our grandson found the very first egg of our very first chickens, in our brand new coop. He was so happy... It was a long wait of about 18 weeks since we got the chicks about few days old. In the next two days we got two more eggs. They are quite small. Hope they get bigger. We...
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    My rooster eats egg/oyster shells.

    Any issues with that?!
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    Need a help with electric fence design

    We just lost one 4 months old chicken to, likely, a fox. When I went to lock the chickens in the coop , at about 9 pm Infiana time, one was missing. I couldn’t see any trace of blood or feathers but will check again tomorrow. Our run is 50 ft square and has 4 ft chicken wire around it and...
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    Need a cockerel about 3-5 months old

    We have 9 chickens about 14 weeks old and all are pullets. We would like to have one rooster. We are in southern Indiana (in Columbus) and could travel 100-150 miles to get one. We would prefer to get one either golden or silver Wyandotte, or Plymouth Barred Rock but would consider any other...
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    Chickens and peonies and daffodils

    We have 10 8 weeks old chickens. Our run is rather large (50’ square) and inside there are a bunch of daffodils and three peonies. Would they when grow up destroy these plants or possibly just eat blooms (which would be ok)?
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    Need info on the ramp design

    My coop is finished except for the ramp. I read in one of the threads that a good rule of thumb is to make it twice long as it is the hight of the chicken entry from the ground. Hiwever, need info on the width as well on the rungs (size and spacing). Here are few pictures of my small coop (8x5...
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    Breeds, winter hardy, egg production

    We are planning to have 10 chickens plus 1 rooster. Winter hardy and heavy egg layers. So far we are considering 2-3 each of these: - barred rock - australorp - Orpington (color?) - Wyandotte (color?) - Rhode Island Red Which rooster out of these breed would be a good choice? Any input/comment...
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    Progress thread, coop design and building

    Based on an advise of a very helpfull and experienced member, k0k0ska, I am starting with this thread. I am in a very early stage of a design phase. We plan to have 8-9 hens and a rooster. So far I have received a lot of inputs from many members and I have changed my general design specs. At...
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    Coop design

    Few more questions regarding my plan for a small coop, 9-10 chickens: - what is a good distance of the floor above the ground, - what is the optimal height of the wall/roof above the highest roosting perch, - winter vents, I plan one on east and one on west side, can they be at the same height...
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    Coop design, construction options

    I am in the stage of planning a chicken coop for about 10 chickens. Floor size is 4x7’. Plan to have it off ground by about 1-1.5’. The floor will be insulated with R13 bat. For the Top of the floor plan to use exterior plywood 1/2” or 5/8” on studs 16” apart, painted or possibly covered with...
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    Ventilation

    I am planning to build a small chicken coop. I read the article on the ventilation by Patandchicken(?) and it is a great article. I live in Columbus, IN and the summers can be in a week here and there quite hot and humid with temps over 90 F degrees. In winter (it is southern Indiana) days...
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